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Compaq Presario 1622<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Damn Small Linux : failure
\n– Knoppix : failure
\n– Ubuntu : failure<\/p>\n

After Ubuntu couldn’t even access the floppy drive, I got suspicious. Re-loaded Windows, and got the same exact memory error that started all of this off. So, this all points to a slow, but sure, motherboard failure.<\/p>\n

Kinda like my desktop.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I’ll be parting it out. Old laptop RAM, the battery, the PC cards, and the chassis\/motherboard\/screen\/wossname for parts. eBay, unless I get a local offer. Anybody interested? ;)<\/p>\n

Compaq Presario from Work<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don’t have it in front of me, or I would have posted the model number.<\/p>\n

Due to errors on the hard drive, the Windows XP partition could not be re-sized. So, I wiped the whole thing, created a 15 gig partition for each OS, and easily loaded Windows XP and Ubuntu. Ran a file-checker in each OS to mark off the bad sectors of each partition.<\/p>\n

It’s all packed up and ready to be given back to Tom. Yay for field laptop!<\/p>\n

iBook<\/strong>
\n– Wallpaper : procured
\n– USB mouse : procured and installed
\n– USB Hub : procured and installed
\n– Printer : switched over to USB, connected to USB hub, and installed.
\n– Scanner : Tossed the old parallel port Mustek in the trash. It was dead, and I had the ninepence. Anyway, connected the new HP ScanJet 3500c (thanks to Jody, the mother in law, for that xmas gift!) through the USB hub, and it installed smoothly.<\/p>\n

To Do<\/strong>
\n– eBay off the 11 year old Presario’s parts.
\n– Gut the old desktop and eBay the extra sound card and RAM.
\n– Procure internal-to-external conversion kits. I want to turn both 30GB hard drives and the CD-R\/W to firewire, and connect them to the iBook that way.
\n– Figure out what in the blazes is wrong with this wireless\/wired combo router from Netgear, and get that installed.<\/p>\n

Crap. I did not intend to type this much. I’ve gotten some writing done today, but I’ll wait to update on that. Sleep calls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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